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Even with rapid reductions in emissions, we will still need to adapt to a harsher climate.
Weak language at COP28 is at complete odds with the officially-recognised science.
‘Breath emissions’ are around 0.05% of the UK’s total methane emissions.
The distinction between ‘abated’ and ‘unabated’ fossil fuels is crucial, yet remains ambiguous.
Pine Island Glacier passed a tipping point decades ago, and it could do again in the future.
Researchers must track everything from bomb making or jet fuel burning to the carbon cost of post-conflict rebuilding.
The world’s coastal deltas are home to hundreds of thousands of people – but they’re now under threat.
In the first commitment of its kind, 63 countries promised to slash emissions from cooling and refrigeration.
Though hard to quantify, the social consequences of climate change are vast.
Investors seem not to care about climate risks, but they really should.
Areas of the world where species are exposed to potentially dangerous temperatures are due to get much bigger.
Undersea ‘fire-ice’ is vulnerable to leaking greenhouse gas, finds new study.
Is reaching net zero emissions by 2050 enough to halt warming? One leading scientist says no.
Many oil and gas companies support a tax on carbon, even though they are significant emitters.
Research shows providing food for birds not only stops them going hungry, it may help them fight off infection too.
One positive change can lead to another.
When forest communities have secure rights and tenure, the results can be miraculous.
Brazil’s rainforest is a massive carbon store, so its severe drought could be a tipping point for the global climate. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Coral reefs are already being lost, and four other vital climate systems may tip soon.
Releasing reflective particles into the upper atmosphere would help us tackle climate change – but it’s not without risk.
War is often described as long periods of waiting punctuated by short periods of terror – for the environment, the reverse is true.
The Anthropocene began quickly, but will last deep into the geological future.
Rats are well known to cause problems for humans. But we need a new approach to our relationship with them.
Oil and gas must be eliminated from heating systems over the coming years.